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What does overcompensation mean?

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Noun
  1. An excess amount provided in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
  2. Excessive pay or reward provided for work performed.
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The radical injustice of early capitalism gave birth to the overcompensation of totalitarian communism.
If such a comparison were to lead to the finding that there is overcompensation, Austria would have to demand its recovery.
Without any such rules in place, it would be a matter of chance for overcompensation to be avoided.
The reason for this is not to disqualify larger installations but to avoid overcompensation of the larger installations.
However, the Commission was concerned that the design of the measure might lead to overcompensation.
Perhaps it was some misguided means of overcompensation, an unconscious need to exert control over our situation.

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